Work centered on two main projects this Saturday; Keith, Les, and Chris spent the day on the continuing design and fabrication of the newly modified rear axle support components. Relocation and strengthening of struts and their fastening points involves careful consideration and precise measurements. It also requires staying within the guidelines presented by our team aerodynamisists. All things considered, it is not an easy task nor one which can be considered lightly.

Steve Wallace programming the National Instruments Data Aquisition System

The updated data acquisition system with new circuitry provided by National Instrumentsis being installed and system checked by Steve Wallace. His laptop was humming all day.

Mark Moore with his daughters Samantha and Brooke, and niece Opal

High point of today’s work party: Mark Moore, our loyal sponsor from Uremet Corporation, arrived in his spanking new red Jeep Wrangler, loaded with lunch for the crew and some delightful passengers. Uremet Corporation manufactures wheels for over 75% of the world’s roller coaster and amusement car rides. Some 400 parks world wide run on Urement wheels.

Nice Photos Above

Roller Coaster Photos Above!

Mark’s daughter, Brooke, served up Mark’s homemade chili and cornbread. Her cousin Opal Moore and sister Samantha Smart, kept Brooke company and took the tour with Keith as tour guide. We think they enjoyed it. We know that it was a tasty treat for Team NAE. Big thank you from the team.

Keith gave a brief update to team members on the status of current projects and test sessions.

Ping Fu on PBS

Ping Fu on PBS Tavis Smiley Show Jan 30, 2013

Ping Fu on Boomberg TV Jan 4, 2013

Inside Look at Geomagic and 3D Printing. Bloomberg TV Jan 7, 2012

Long time sponsor on the North American Eagle™ is Geomagic Software. Ping Fu, CEO is on a nation wide book tour and was on TV agiain! Click on the images above for the broadcasts. 3D Systems has announced the purchase of Geomagic Software and Ping was on the show to talk about it. As if that weren’t enough, travelers flying on Southwest Airlines this month can reach into their seat pocket for Southwest Airlines Spirit Magazine and read about Ping in the Business Lesson page. It is great to be Ping!

CFD Webinar now on YouTube!

Click on the YouTube link above to watch the webinar

If you missed the live webinar on Wednesday November 7th, you can now watch it on YouTube. Sponsored by Pointwise Software and CEI EnSight Software, listen to NAE’s aerodynamicist Darren Grove, along with Chris Sideroff, PhD from Pointwise and Kevin Coburn from CEI, talk about the Computation Fluid Dynamic studies taking place on the North American Eagle.™

The webinar is highly technical with a target audience in the aerospace industry, but non-technical viewers should be able to follow along and gain insight into the highly complex North American Eagle™ project.

Ping Fu (next to Ed) and her sister Hong – Their story in a new book,Bend, Not Break.

Bend, Not Break depicts a journey from imprisonment to freedom, and from the dogmatic anticapitalism of Mao’s China to the high-stakes, take-no-prisoners world of technology start-ups in the United States. It is a tribute to one woman’s courage in the face of cruelty and a valuable lesson on the enduring power of resilience.

Get Connected with NAE Mobile Apps

NAE mobile Apps now support the entire iOS and Droid Platforms…and they’re free!

iPhone 5 App is now available. Click on the photo above to download the App

New Lenovo Video

Lenovo recently released a new video featuring the North American Eagle™ . The NAE™ scenes were edited by Steve Wallace. Team NAE™ uses Lenovo ThinkStations and ThinkPad for aerodynamic and engineering analysis. Click on the photo below and watch this exciting video!

About

The North American Eagle project began as nothing more than an idea. That idea was to take a jet fighter, and turn it into the fastest racing machine in history. Together, Ed Shadle and Keith Zanghi founded a project with a goal to go supersonic, and break the World Land Speed Record of 763 MPH. Along the way, countless people have joined together to push the boundaries of speed, to see just how fast this car can go.

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